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It’s being called the worst drug epi­demic of our life­times. The Ohio Depart­ment of Health has released num­bers for 2014, show­ing it was one of the dead­liest years in the state for unin­ten­tional drug over­doses lead­ing to death. The 2015 data has not been released. The new num­bers show in …

Flu shots are still avail­able in Williams County at the Health Depart­ment. Accord­ing to the direc­tor of Nurs­ing, the flu hasn’t peaked yet this sea­son. Becky Sny­der says the vac­cine takes a cou­ple of weeks to become effec­tive, so the sooner the better.

The annual Bryan Area Cham­ber of Com­merce ban­quet is this Thurs­day, and a new pres­i­dent will take over. Russ Davies will be intro­duced and speak about what they Chamber’s goals are for 2016. Doors open at 5 p.m. and the pro­gram starts at 7 p.m. It’ll be held in the …

Across Ohio, Bryan is one of the top 20 cities with the low­est renters insur­ance costs. The research web­site ValuePenguin.com says ranks Bryan at 14th in the Buck­eye State for renters insur­ance. The annual rate aver­ages at less than $300 a year. The low cost is attrib­ut­able to low crime, …

Bliz­zard watches are already in effect along the east­ern seaboard, and places around DC and Bal­ti­more are prepar­ing to be socked with 2 feet of snow in the next day or so. Heavy snow will hit the Philadel­phia area, right now fore­casted for about a foot and a half, and …

A White­house man is going on trial for killing a teenager in 1982. Now, 56-year-old Rus­sell Adkins is charged with the death of Dana Rosendale, who was found in a Toledo road­way with severe injuries. She died a few days later. Adkins was charged just last year, after the woman’s …

A for­mer North­east­ern Local Schools employee hurt on the job in 2003 is suing the Ohio Bureau of Work­ers Com­pen­sa­tion and North­east­ern Local. Cristina Kam­meyer ini­tially received worker’s comp ben­e­fits but was turned down after she amended her claim. She’s ask­ing for a jury trial to get her ben­e­fits. The …

Ful­ton County Crime Stop­pers is offer­ing up to a $1,000 reward for help iden­ti­fy­ing whomever broke into a boat and cabin on Ful­ton County Road 1–2 in Swan­ton. The crime occurred some time between Decem­ber first and Decem­ber 19th. The stolen items include a GPS, CD radio, and fish­ing equip­ment …

A Williams County grand jury indicted 36-year-old Jeremy Bostic for non-support of depen­dents. Accord­ing to records, he owes nearly $70,000 in back child support.

The new Bryan Health Care Cen­ter is offi­cially open. It’s in the for­mer One Stop Employ­ment Cen­ter build­ing on S. Main St. in Bryan, which has been ren­o­vated to make room for the full-service clinic, med­ical and den­tal ser­vices, along with pedi­atrics, women’s health care, phar­macy, plus sub­stance abuse treat­ment …